LyX ⇒ Corrupt .lyx file due to improper shutdown

[BrunoCocciaro]

I know the post is closed. But I wanted to add my experience. I could recover my data from the corrupted .lyx by opening the file with miktex and then comparing the code with any other working lyx code(again opened in miktex).

Thank you very much, I had the same problem and your post was for me very useful

[robsmithrobsmith]

I know the post is closed. But I wanted to add my experience. I could recover my data from the corrupted .lyx by opening the file with miktex and then comparing the code with any other working lyx code(again opened in miktex).

Thank you very much, I had the same problem and your post was for me very useful

Had a similar issue with a corrupt LyX file. I managed to recover my information by opening the backup file (with the ~) in the code editor for MATLAB and copying out the bits I needed.

[hansli]

I know the post is closed. But I wanted to add my experience. I could recover my data from the corrupted .lyx by opening the file with miktex and then comparing the code with any other working lyx code(again opened in miktex).

This was indeed very helpful. Or it inspired another easy way to fix things: What helped me pinpointing the issue was opening the document from the command line with verbose flag:

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lyx -v corruptfile.lyx

It will tell you the line where stuff goes wrong. Then use a text editor to compare the corrupted file to a "fresh one". (In my case a floating algorithm caused issues -> create an empty lyx file, insert an algorithm, check in the text editor how it's supposed to look, change the corrupted one, profit)